Where does “glittery” come from?

Glittery comes from Middle English -y, Middle French -ie, Latin -ia, Latin -ivus, and Latin -ia, ultimately deriving from Proto-Indo-European -kos.

glittery (English): That glitters

Definitions

  1. That glitters

Ancestry of “glittery”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1English-yAdded to nouns and adjectives to form adjectives...
2Middle English-yDesignates an adjective, in many cases formed by...
3Old English-iġ-y, -ic
4Proto-West Germanic-gForms adjectives from nouns and verbs with a...
5Proto-Germanic-gaz-y
6Proto-Indo-European-ḱos-y, -ic

Words derived from “glittery”

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